As we commemorate the tenth anniversary of the destruction of the Twin Towers and related terrorist attacks, I present a collection of 9/11 Jewish resources. This is incomplete but includes many lectures, Torah articles and news articles available online.
- Memorial for 9/11 (audio) by R. Norman Lamm
- Yom Iyun 9/11 (audio) by R. Zevulun Charlop
- Eis Tsara, Emunah, and 9-11 (audio) by R. Mordechai Willig
- Halakhic Issues of 9/11 (audio) by R. Moshe Tendler
- Halakhic Issues Resulting from the World Trade Center Tragedy (audio) by R. Yonah Reiss
- Reflecting on 9/11 (audio) by R. Baruch Pesach Mendelson
- DNA as Evidence in Beit Din (audio) by R. Dani Rapp
- שאלות בענין העגונות מאסון מגדלי התאומים by R. Mordechai Willig
- תשובה בענין העגונות מאסון מגדלי התאומים by R. Zalman Nechemiah Goldberg
- התרת עגונה מבניני התאומים בארה”ב by R. Ovadia Yosef
- “Is Anything New under the Sun Reflections on the First Anniversary of the Attack on the Twin Towers by R. Aharon Lichtenstein (Virtual Beit Midrash)
- What Has Changed? by R. Jason Gelber (Torah.org)
- Remember 9/11 by R. Benjamin Blech, R. Emanuel Feldman, R. Yaakov Salomon, R. Noah Weinberg and many others (Aish)
- Reflections on 9/11 by R. Benjamin Blech, Dr. Erica Brown, R. Ilan Feldman, R. Ron Yitzchok Eisenman, R. Marvin Hier, Rebbetzin Leah Kohn, R. Allen Schwartz, R. Steven Pruzansky (Jewish Action)
- Forgive the terrorists? by Rabbi Benjamin Blech (Jewish World Review)
- Looking Forward at 9/11 by Dr. Erica Brown (Weekly Jewish Wisdom)
- 9/11 Ten Years Later by Chavie Zelmanowitz, Yankel (Jack) Zelmanowitz, Devorah Schreck, Yoel Schonfeld, Raizy Rosenfeld, as told to Bayla Sheva Brenner (Jewish action)
- Through the Valley of Death by Mechel Handler (Jewish Action)
- Solving a grim Jewish quandary after the attacks: Avoiding agunah problems for 9/11 widows by R. Michael J. Broyde and R. Yona Reiss (JTA)
- Dept. of Remembrance: Watching over the 9/11 dead with shmira by Uriel Heilman (JTA)
- Jewish Responses to 9/11 by Gil Student (Hirhurim)
- 9/11 Ten Years Later by R. Basil Herring (Hirhurim)
- Remembering 9/11 by Rochelle Maruch Miller (5TJT)
- Remembering, rebuilding: A personal reflection 10 years later by Sergey Kadinsky (Jewish Star)
- Kosher Bookworm: The 9/11 Legacy Ten Years Later by Alan Jay Gerber (Jewish Star)
- Ten Years, Four Remembrances by Elie Wiesel (Jewish Week)
- Has The Decade Changed Us? by Jonathan Mark (Jewish Week)
- Community Not Safer, But Better Prepared by Stewart Ain (Jewish Week)
- 9/11 Plus 10: Our Community Remembers by Bob Nesoff, Stacy Lang, Anna Khazan, Russell Moskowitz (Jewish Standard)
- Jewish Standard Op-Eds by Joanne Palmer, Rebecca Kaplan Boroson, Rachel Kahn-Troster, David Gruber, Jack Schwartz (Jewish Standard)
- Israel Felt Pain of 9/11 Terror Attacks With New Yorkers by Michael Oren (Forward)
- Hasidic Reaction to Sept. 11 by Jeffrey Shandler (Tablet)
- 9/11 Widow Turns Tragedy Into Outreach by Alan H. Feiler (Baltimore Jewish Times)
- Israel, America, and the Lessons of 9/11 by Abe Greenwald (Jewish Ideas Daily)
- View from ground zero - and beyond by Adam Kredo (Washington Jewish Week)
- Lessons learned from 9/11 by Ron Halber (Washington Jewish Week)
- Rediscovering trust in a future by Rabbi Jack Moline (Washington Jewish Week)
- 9/11 – I remember, and I was there by Chris Leppek (Intermountain Jewish News)
- Memories of 9/11 An Interview with Rabbi Shraga Greenbaum, Paramedic with Hatzoloh of Rockland County by C.B. Weinfeld (Yated)
- Ten Years Later Yanky Meyer of Misaskim Reflects by Malky Lowenger (Yated)
- 9/11 The Day Hate Became Everyone’s Problem – ADL
Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks – The 9/11 attacks are linked to a wider moral malaise
http://www.chiefrabbi.org/ReadArtical.aspx?id=1798
I am not worthy to be listed among these august writers and clrecis – but in any case here’s my contribution:
http://haemtza.blogspot.com/2011/09/911-its-heroes-and-its-lessons.html
By the way, the winner of last week’s book is Moshe Shoshan.
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